Month: February 2021
Manhattan Prosecutor Receives Trump Tax Returns After Lengthy Legal Battle
The office of Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance, Jr. confirmed that it obtained the former president’s tax returns and related documents on Monday. (Image credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Read MoreBiden Administration: Here Are His Cabinet Members And Key Advisers
President Biden’s aides are beginning to put policy into action, while the U.S. Senate is taking up his nominees. (Image credit: Caroline Amenabar/NPR)
Read MoreA Man Called His Ex A ‘Moron’ By Text While Storming The Capitol. She Turned Him In
Court documents detail the messages Richard Michetti, now facing criminal charges, sent his ex-girlfriend during the insurrection. “If you can’t see the election was stolen you’re a moron,” one reads. (Image credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Read MoreAgency permanently bans fracking near Delaware River
The Delaware River Basin Commission first imposed a moratorium on gas development more than a decade ago. The agency says fracking poses too great of a risk to the water supply.
Read MoreHow a Belarusian Teacher and Stay-at-Home Mom Came to Lead a National Revolt
On a hot summer day last August, Svetlana Tikhanovskaya was pacing up and down her empty apartment in Minsk, the capital of Belarus in Central Europe, her life—and her country—in turmoil. With her husband in jail, she had sent her
Read MoreStoke Space aims to take reusable rockets to new heights with $9M seed
Many launch providers think reusability is the best way to lower the cost and delay involved in getting to space. SpaceX and Rocket Lab have shown reusable first stages, which take a payload to the edge of space — and
Read MoreCapitol Police chief: Security will remain high due to State of the Union threat – POLITICO
Capitol Police chief: Security will remain high due to State of the Union threat POLITICO Acting Capitol Police chief: Phone logs show Jan. 6 National Guard approval was delayed Yahoo News Capitol Police chief warns extremists ‘want to blow up the Capitol’
Read MoreMedical oxygen scarce in Africa, Latin America amid virus
A crisis over the supply of medical oxygen for coronavirus patients has struck nations in Africa and Latin America, where warnings went unheeded at the start of the pandemic and doctors say the shortage has led to unnecessary deaths.
Read MoreDeadly Unrest Roils Iranian City
The clashes between protesters and security forces came after the killing of fuel traders on the border with Pakistan.
Read MoreWith Free Medical Clinics and Patient Advocacy, the Black Panthers Created a Legacy in Community Health That Still Exists Amid COVID-19
In the first minutes of the new film Judas and the Black Messiah, released Feb. 12, it shows archival footage of the free ambulance service started by the Black Panther Party’s Winston-Salem, N.C., chapter in 1972. And the party’s Illinois
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